37 - Thought Lab 4: The Psychology of Horror

Published: Oct. 28, 2021, 2 p.m.

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Grizzly bears are scary. But what about zombie grizzly bears? What\\u2019s makes something horrifying rather than just frightening?\\xa0

Paul has a theory. It turns out that humans have a psychological way of organizing the world that also creates the possibility of getting really creeped-out. It helps explain the horror of the zombie grizzly why the old Dracula was creepier than Twilight and how war propaganda can turn enemies into monsters.\\xa0


References

David Livingstone-Smith (philosopher where Paul\\u2019s getting his ideas about essentialism and dehumanization from)

Credits\\xa0

Paul Sagar
Clayton Tapp (intro)
David Zikovitz (outro)
Sep (art)

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